Hanging gates



A. HOTOHKIN; i

HANGING GATES.

No. 10,619. Patented Mar. '7, 1854.

ASHLEY HOTGHKIN, OF SCHENEVUS, NEW YORK.

HANGING earns.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 10,619, dated March 7, I854.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ASHLEYI-IOTGHKIN, of Schenevus, in the county of Otsego and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hanging Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1, is a side or front elevation.

Fig. 2, is a sectional plan, taken through the line, 0, 0, Fig. 1. Fig; 3, is an end! or back elevation of the back gate post, show-o ing the posit-ion of the gatetherewith, (rep-' resented only in part, by red and blue lines,) when swung fully open either way. Fig. 4, is an inverted plan, or under view, in detail, of the attachment, marked H, (secured to the har-tree,) having joined to it the lower pintles or turning pivots. Fig. 5, is adetached 'top view of the lower bearing frame or box, marked, G, (secured to the back gate post), showing also in cross section and otherwise, "the lower'pi'ntles or turning pivots, as seated therein. Fig. 6, is a top view of the upper cap, (marked 1,) of the har-tree, in detail with the guide rollers connected therewith, and Fig. 7, isa detached under view of the grooved or channeled upper box, marked J, (secured to the har-tree,) showing also in cross section and otherwise, the guide rollers of the upper cap which work therein.

The same letters of reference denote the same or similar parts throughout the several figures.

The nature of my invention consists in hanging a gate to swing either way by the employment of two pintles or turning pivots at its bottom, eitherone of which forms the turning point or bearing, according to the direction in which the gate is swung; the pintles working on step surfaces, and within asuitably constructed box or frame secured to the gate post, also the gate being held at its top by rollers which travel in grooves or channels of a. suitably constructed upper box or frame, so that the gate, when opening, swings obliquely; that is, moves out of the perpendicular, whereby the gate is rendered self closing either way, and other advantages are obtained.

To enable others skilled in the art tomake and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A, is the back; and,-B, the front gate post. C, is the har-tree; D, the fore-tree; and E, E, E, E, arethe rails and bars of the swinging gate, whichis provided withan ordinary latch, or catch, F, and is hung to the back gate post in the following mannerzA box or frame, G," (the form of which, by'topview, is seen more clearly in Figs. 2, and 5,) is secured firmly tothe back gate post, the side on which are situated the step bearing surfaces or projections, a, of, lying against theinside face of the post near thebottom, and the box, G, being further provided, or formed with ribs or guide pieces, .7)", b and made of a suitable curve, or curves," on its front interior edge, marked, 0, Fig. 5, at the extremities of which, forming the union with the sides, are spaces, cl, (Z This box, G, so constructed and situated,

forms by either step projection, a, a the bearing surface for the gate to rest upon.

H, is a strap, bracingthe lower extremity of the har-tree, and having secured to it the pintles or turning pivot, 0, 6 which, when the gate is closed, rest, or sit, upon bothstep projections, a, a of the box,

I, is the upper cap-ofthe har-tree, on, or

secured to which are three short upright spindles, carrying rollers, f, g, .h, and po sitioned as represented in Fig. 6, where the rollers, f, g, are shown to sit over, or at either back corner of the cap,.I, so that when v the gate is closed, (the cap, I, being seatedon the har-tree),the rollers, f, g, lie near,

and at equal distance from the inside face of the back gate post, while the roller, h, is positioned on the cap at an equal distance from the other two rollers.

-'J, is the upper box or frame secured to the back gate post near its top end; it is formed as seen more particularly in Flg. 7, with grooves, or channels and spaces, in which the' rollers, f, g, h, severally travel, and are guided in the channel marked, 2', lying nearest to, and up against the inside face of. the gate post.

it, moves, or is guided in suitably shaped When the box, J','is secured in I 5 its place, and the channels, j, is, branchlng outward from either end of the channel, 71,

these three channels serve for the travel recesses, formed by inner surfaces, Z, m, a, 0.

is, is an elastic band, or spring, secured at either end of the back gate post and hartree of the gate, which it serves to assist in closing; but as it forms no part of my invention, and may be dispensed with, it is unnecessary further to describe it.

The gate is hung as already described, and when closed, occupies the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, but when opened either way, is positioned as represented n red and blue lines, Fig. 3the position of the pintles, 0 6 when the gate is closed being, as shown by their representation in cross section, Fig. 5; also when the gate is so positioned, the rollers, f, g,]t, being seated in the box, J, as seen likewise by their representation in cross section, Fig. 7; but when the gate is openedeither way, shown by red and blue lines, Fig. 3, the pintles and several rollers occupy the places indicated by their outlines, Figs. 5 and 7, made in corresponding colors to the gate as opened both ways in Fig. 3, so as to indicate the position of these several parts, as occupied under either open condition of the gate; that is, when the gate is opened as indicated by red lines, the pintle, c, is made the bearing, or tiuzning point, while the pintle, a is swung, as

indicated in Fig; 5, shown by its outline in.

red, into the space, CZ, while, and simultaneously, the roller, f, is caused to travel along thechannel, is, (Fig. 7,) to where. represented by outline in red, the roller, g, passing along the channel, 2', to the place originally occupied by f, (when the gate was closed,) and the roller, k, moving to its outline in red, same figure, but when the gate is opened, as indicated by blue lines, Fig. 3, the pintle, 6 becomes the turning points, while, 6, is swung, as shown by blue outline, into the space, (Z Fig. 5, and the roller, .f, (Fig. 7) assumes the original place of g, which moves along the channel, 7',- to where represented in blue outline, and the roller, it, to where represented by outline in similar color; the rollers and pintles where shown in cross section, Figs. 5 and 7, being the posit-ion they occupy when the gate is closed, but where represented by red and blue outline, being the altered positions of the same parts when the gate is opened, fall either way as described; the several rollers traveling in the channels and spaces serving to steady the liar-tree at the top, while the gate is swinging in either direction upon its pintles or turning pivots, e, 6 the swinging one of which is guided, and the gate further steadied by its travel, or bearing, along the sides of either of the ribs, Z2, '6 Fig. 5, and edge marked 0, same figure. I do not, however, restrict myself to the of the gate moving as shown and explained,

whereby it occupies a perpendicular position when closed; but in swinging either way to open, by havingits lower turning point situated a little to either side; that is, on the step projections, a or a it will be made to assume a position out of the perpendicular which gradually increases from its posture, when shut, to that when fully open, which is at right angles, or thereabout, either way with: the gate post, at which positions on either side, its inclined position, as caused by itsweight, will keep it till started, in a stateof rest, to admit of a wagon or team passing through; but when only partially open of closing, the inclined position of the gate as caused by its weight, will cause it to shut, so that the gate thus constructed, is made to open and rendered self closing, either way, it shutting itself with greatest force when required; and should any obstruction, such as snow, &c.,

accumulate to impede its opening, the motion out of the perpendicular which it describes in opening, will cause the lower edge of the gate to act as a scraper, including upwards, which effect is increased as it opens further, so as to enable the gate speedily to relieve itself of the obstruction, and freely open. The gate, also, it will be seen, shuts close, is not liable to have its hangings clogged or choked by ice, through accumulation of water, and other advantages are obtained What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Hanging a gate by means of two lower turning pivots of pintles, 0, 6 working on separate step projections, a, a of a box or frame, Gr, the upper end of the gate being steadied and carried by rollers, f, g, it, (any suitable number, or their equivalent, working or traveling in fixed grooves, channels, or spaces, so as to admit of the gate opening either way, the several parts being constructed, arranged, and operating essentially for the purposes expressed, as shown and described.

ASHLEY HOTGHKIN.

Witnesses:

L. N. KELLEY, S. Wrnoox. 

